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1) In what year does journey to centre of the earth take place ?

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2) who wrote the book that professor lidenbrock was fascinated by ?

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3) how old was the book ?

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4) which was older, the parchment or the book ?

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5) when the professor read the words written on the parchment ....................................................................

6) at first, professor lidenbrock thought that the parchment was written in .....................................................

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1) why couldn't professor lidenbrock read the writings on the parchment ?

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2) why did the professor think the parchment was written in Latin?

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3) how was Dr.fridrikson helpful to professor lidenbrock ?

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4) why was Dr. fridrikson helpful to professor lidenbrock and his nephew ?

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5) professor lidenbrock thought that the parchment was written by the owner of the book because ..............................................................................................

6) the professor said that he would neither eat nor sleep until he .....................................................................................................................

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1) how did professor lidenbrock and his nephew prepare for the journey ?

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2) why couldn't Axel persuaded his uncle to give up his attempt ?

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3) what role did Hans play in the journey ?

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4) when did the explorers start to feel that they might have taken the wrong path ?

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5) Axel was just about to burn the parchment when ...............................................................................................

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6) professor lidenbrock told Dr.fridrikson that he was interested in ...............................................................................................................

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  • Answer the following questions :-


1)When did the explorers become sure that the eastern passage was the wrong choice ?


2)Why didn't the characters lower their sail during the storm ?

3) When did Axel forget the dangerous of their journey ?

4) What did Axel want to do when he saw the huge fountain of water ?




  • Complete the following to make meaningful sentences :-


1) Axel's gun would probably be .....................................................................................

2) The sea monsters didn't attack the explrers.Instead, they attacked ..........................................................................................




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  • Answer the following guestion:

1) What do the letters A.s stand for ? 2) What did Axel see in the forest ?
3) When did the professor realise that they were in the middle of an actove volcano ?

4) Why didn't Axel remember much about the explosion ?

  • Complete the following to make meaningful sentence:-

1) The sea monster's fight lasted for ..................................................................

2)When the explorers saw the huge fountain of water,the professor wanted to ......................................................................

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  • Answer the following guestion:-


1) When did the explorers realise that they were in Italy ? 2) Early on in the story, Axel had a dreadful dream . How did this dream come true ? 3) Which famous mountain were the explorers thrown out of ? 4) How had the explorers 'exchanged the cold of the north for the warmth of the south ?'

  • complete the following to make meaningful sentences :-
1)The huge dark shap in the sea was as high as a ................................... & at least .............................. 2) A geyser is a ...................................................................
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